Sri Lanka

, formerly called Ceylon, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, southeast of the , in a strategic location near major sea lanes.
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  • Island
  • …has about 21,000,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 2,520 metres (8,280 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Ceylon”
  • Description: main island in the nation of Sri Lanka
  • Also known as
    “Lanka”
    “Lanka-dvipa”
    “Simhala-dvipa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Andawala and Kahagala.
Village
is a remote village in 's .
Hamlet
is a village in .
8 km southeast of Sri Lanka
Village
is a village in .
10 km west of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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Latitude
7.6063° or 7° 36′ 23″ north
Longitude
80.7165° or 80° 42′ 59″ east
Open location code
6MV2JP48+GH
Geo­Names ID
1227604
Wiki­data ID
Q4526612

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Sri Lanka” goes by many names.
Շրի ԼանկաArmenian
Şri-Lanka adasıAzerbaijani
Шры-ЛанкаBelarusian
Sri LankaCebuano
斯里兰卡岛Chinese
錫蘭島Chinese
cejlonCroatian
CejlonCzech
CeylonCzech
CejlonoEsperanto
Insulo SrilankoEsperanto
SrilankoEsperanto
Sri Lanka saarEstonian
Sri LankaFinnish
Ceylan (historical)French
Sri LankaFrench
スリランカJapanese
セイロン島Japanese
Шри-ЛанкаKazakh
Шри-Ланка (арал)Kazakh
스리랑카섬Korean
Taprobane (historical)Latin
ŠrilankaLatvian
Šrilanka (sala)Latvian
Sri LankaNorwegian Bokmål
ଶ୍ରୀଲଙ୍କାର ଭୂଗୋଳOriya
CejlonPolish
Sri LankaRomanian
Шри-ЛанкаRussian
ලංකා දිවයිනSinhala
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවSinhala
CejlónSlovak
CejlonSlovenian
ŠrilankaSlovenian
CeylonSwedish
Sri LankaSwedish
острів Шрі-ЛанкаUkrainian
Шрі-ЛанкаUkrainian
斯里蘭卡島Yue Chinese

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